2004
November 19, 2004
Here is a Conservation Partnership initiative I saw in the ATC Newsletter, May 13th – it may be of interest to some! You can check it out at www.atc.australia.com/eweekly.asp ‘Expressions of Interest for funding under the Tourism and Conservation Partnership […]
November 18, 2004
Regional areas invest heavily in their Visitor Info Centres (VICs). Understanding how a VIC contributes to increasing tourism yield can help planning VIC services. It can also provide evidence of the value of contributing to VIC activities for small businesses, […]
November 18, 2004
www.eTree.com.au is a coordinated attempt to encourage Australian shareholders to reduce mailouts by receiving annual reports and other communications via email. A Computershare study estimates that in Australia $300 million is spent on shareholder mailouts each year and a minimum […]
November 18, 2004
Environmental groups, friends groups and occasional volunteers carry out the bulk of revegetation work in Wonthaggi’s recreation trails, wildlife corridors and waterways, writes Frank Coldebella (South Gippsland Conservation Society). The recent National Resources Report Card highlighted the environmental pressures of […]
November 18, 2004
You may already know about this project – I had heard of it but was unsure exactly what it did! Gill Heal is Project Facilitator with the 3 year Creatively Connecting Communities project (CCC) in Wonthaggi. When I met her […]
November 17, 2004
There are now two new exhibitions, part of a regular changeover in the National Museum’s Gallery of First Australians, which have been praised as ‘uplifting to the visitor’s experience and conducive to study and reflection’ (Carroll Review). Just how the […]
November 17, 2004
When a ‘wishlist’ to the Dept of Health & Ageing generated a phone reply in 2 days with a request for a full submission within the week for a $47,000 grant, Celia Wallace, Manager, Mallacoota District Health and Support Service […]
November 12, 2004
‘Iconic reading’ is how Geelong Otway Tourism’s new Business Plan 2004-2007 is described by Www.newmatilda.com’s Gregory Day and, as of August 2004, this is the first regional tourism association in Australia to be benchmarked under the GREEN GLOBE 21 system. […]
November 2, 2004
Last month Bob Stensholt, Vic State Lower House member for Burwood gave a passionate but accurate speech about the enormous range of services and support offered to the local community by nine Inner East Melbourne Neighbourhood Houses. This type of […]
October 7, 2004
In NE Vic, this is the first business in Australia to be awarded a Green STARS endorsement under AAA Tourism’s new environmentally friendly accommodation classification scheme (introduced in Bulletin 13, August 22nd 2004). Green STARS does not change a property’s […]
October 2, 2004
The 1970s Neighbourhood House movement grew out of local community need bringing people together to enhance their opportunities and those of their communities. The informal approach is probably an ‘unconventional pathway’ to learning, but many coordinators speak of both volunteers’ […]
September 3, 2004
The Gunya Tourism resort, near Alice Springs, will be a desert safari camp charging a massive $900 a night. It will be run by the local Titjikala community and will be the first time non-indigenous people have been invited to […]